One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,“ said the cat, ...

Sometimes feel like the tail is wagging the dog? When you’ve had a bad day at the office it can be a real release to go home and download to your other half about your frustrations. The question is though, do you want them to ...

Is a complete change of direction required or not? I live at the end of a road that many years ago (14 to be exact) was a through-road. Today there are bollards – erected by the council – across the road to stop ...

I was once offered a place in the London marathon and for no other reason than it was something I had always wanted to do, I put my hand up and volunteered – after-all, there was a 76 year old woman running it so what excuse did I ...

I meet a lot of people who don’t know what they want to do or where to start. I also meet a lots of people with loads of ideas and no idea what they want to do. It seems that work life balance is fading as a concept as ...

Yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that I found it so annoying to type and send texts and how amazed I am by how long some of the text that I receive are (how do they do that!?) and that I either ending up sending one word responses or ...

Lots of us feel at some point or other that we’re cornered – usually mentally rather than physically. If you feel like you are painted into a corner, perhaps you just feel like you don’t know which way to turn, not sure if ...

If you’re starting a new job, you’re more often than not on probation for between a month or three months depending on your level. This period can be extremely stressful as you navigate learning about how the new company works, ...

Ever heard the advice about never food shopping while you’re hungry? Hunger can do weird things to your usually rational brain and mean you end up buying more of what you want RIGHT NOW! (which is pretty much anything you can ...